LOT 12
上一件
下一件
A RARE PARCEL-GILT BRONZE 'MYTHICAL BEAST' WATER DROPPER Ming Dynasty
作品估价：GBP 3,000-5,000
货币换算
成交状态：落槌价GBP 登录后查看
买家佣金拍卖企业在落槌价的基础上收取买家佣金
27.5%
图录号：
12
拍品名称：
A RARE PARCEL-GILT BRONZE 'MYTHICAL BEAST' WATER DROPPER Ming Dynasty
拍品描述：
Ming Dynasty
Crisply cast as a recumbent mythical beast with its head slightly raised, detailed with a
ruyi-shape snout and prominent brow, the body with flame scrolls and scales, terminating with a curled bifurcated tail, two apertures located at the centre of its back and within its mouth, the surface with a rich chocolate-brown tone with details picked out in gilt.
10.8cm (4 1/4in) long.
明 銅局部鎏金瑞獸水盂
Hartman Rare Art, Inc., New York
Sotheby's New York, 5 June 1985, lot 75
來源： Hartman Rare Art, Inc.，紐約
紐約佳士得，1985年6月5日，拍品編號75
A bixie (辟邪), meaning 'warding off evil', is a mythical winged beast in Chinese culture believed to have protective and auspicious qualities. Often depicted with a lion-like body, dragon-like features, these creatures were commonly sculpted in stone and placed at tomb entrances from the Han dynasty onwards, serving as tomb guardians to protect the deceased and ensure a peaceful afterlife. In later traditions, jade or bronze bixie figurines and water droppers were also used as talismans to safeguard homes and individuals. A related mythical beast waterpot is illustrated in Scholar's Desk Materials from the Libraries of the Daimyo: Treasures from the Tokugawa Art Museum, Nagoya, p.160, no.123. See also a related jade water dropper of similar form, Ming dynasty, in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in Scholar's Paraphernalia: Classics of the Forbidden City, Beijing, 2009, p.234, no.253.
See a related bronze bixie waterpot, Ming dynasty, which was sold at Bonhams London, 17 May 2018, lot 212. See also a related gilt-bronze 'tortoise' water dropper, Song-Ming dynasty, which was sold at Sotheby's London, 9 November 2024, lot 61.
Crisply cast as a recumbent mythical beast with its head slightly raised, detailed with a
ruyi-shape snout and prominent brow, the body with flame scrolls and scales, terminating with a curled bifurcated tail, two apertures located at the centre of its back and within its mouth, the surface with a rich chocolate-brown tone with details picked out in gilt.
10.8cm (4 1/4in) long.
明 銅局部鎏金瑞獸水盂
Hartman Rare Art, Inc., New York
Sotheby's New York, 5 June 1985, lot 75
來源： Hartman Rare Art, Inc.，紐約
紐約佳士得，1985年6月5日，拍品編號75
A bixie (辟邪), meaning 'warding off evil', is a mythical winged beast in Chinese culture believed to have protective and auspicious qualities. Often depicted with a lion-like body, dragon-like features, these creatures were commonly sculpted in stone and placed at tomb entrances from the Han dynasty onwards, serving as tomb guardians to protect the deceased and ensure a peaceful afterlife. In later traditions, jade or bronze bixie figurines and water droppers were also used as talismans to safeguard homes and individuals. A related mythical beast waterpot is illustrated in Scholar's Desk Materials from the Libraries of the Daimyo: Treasures from the Tokugawa Art Museum, Nagoya, p.160, no.123. See also a related jade water dropper of similar form, Ming dynasty, in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in Scholar's Paraphernalia: Classics of the Forbidden City, Beijing, 2009, p.234, no.253.
See a related bronze bixie waterpot, Ming dynasty, which was sold at Bonhams London, 17 May 2018, lot 212. See also a related gilt-bronze 'tortoise' water dropper, Song-Ming dynasty, which was sold at Sotheby's London, 9 November 2024, lot 61.